* linux appears to be missing calendar program
@ 2003-06-22 2:11 jude dashiell
2003-06-22 2:56 ` Ray Olszewski
2003-06-22 15:58 ` Stephen Samuel
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From: jude dashiell @ 2003-06-22 2:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-newbie
Is there source for calendar for linux somewhere on the web? I'd hate to
have it said microsoft outlook can do something useful linux cannot?
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* Re: linux appears to be missing calendar program
2003-06-22 2:11 linux appears to be missing calendar program jude dashiell
@ 2003-06-22 2:56 ` Ray Olszewski
2003-06-22 3:35 ` jude dashiell
2003-06-22 3:38 ` jude dashiell
2003-06-22 15:58 ` Stephen Samuel
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From: Ray Olszewski @ 2003-06-22 2:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-newbie
At 10:11 PM 6/21/2003 -0400, jude dashiell wrote:
>Is there source for calendar for linux somewhere on the web? I'd hate to
>have it said microsoft outlook can do something useful linux cannot?
Since I don't use Outlook, I'm not sure what the "something useful" it can
do is. And "calendar for linux" does not actualy name any program I am
familiar with. At first, I thought you were just misnaming the familiar
"cal" program, but on reflection, I suspect you want something more PDA'ish.
In that case, a quick search of the Debian package database turns up these
possibilities:
ccal - Colorised calendar utility
gcal - Prints calendars
gdeskcal - A desktop calendar featuring transparency with smooth
alpha-blending
gnome-pim - calendar and address book for GNOME
gnome-pim-conduits - Palm synchronization for calendar and address
book
korganizer - KDE personal organizer
kronolith - Web Based Calendar Manager
plan - X/Motif day planner (dynamically compiled with LessTif)
remind - a sophisticated reminder service
wmdate - Calendar for window manager docking bars
xcal - a graphical calendar with memos and reminder alarms
I have not run any of these so cannot comment on their specifics, aside
from noting that they are almost all X applications so not actually
specific to Linux.
To find any of them, your best starting place is the package collection for
your distro. If that fails, Google is your friend.
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* Re: linux appears to be missing calendar program
2003-06-22 2:56 ` Ray Olszewski
@ 2003-06-22 3:35 ` jude dashiell
2003-06-22 3:53 ` Ray Olszewski
2003-06-22 3:38 ` jude dashiell
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From: jude dashiell @ 2003-06-22 3:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ray Olszewski; +Cc: linux-newbie
Unix has a calendar capability. If you have a file called .calendar in
your home directory on a Unix system, when dates and events come due that
are listed in that file the system can be so arranged that a user will get
email reminders about those events. That particular function of Unix most
definitely present in freebsd has been responsible for saving marriages
because husbands didn't forget their aniverserary dates among other dates.
In these other versions of unix, the calendar management can get done
without having to use emacs or python as an example.
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* Re: linux appears to be missing calendar program
2003-06-22 2:56 ` Ray Olszewski
2003-06-22 3:35 ` jude dashiell
@ 2003-06-22 3:38 ` jude dashiell
2003-06-22 4:02 ` jude dashiell
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From: jude dashiell @ 2003-06-22 3:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ray Olszewski; +Cc: linux-newbie
I can't use any of the x applications. I'll find out what the interface
status on remind is, thanks.
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* Re: linux appears to be missing calendar program
2003-06-22 3:35 ` jude dashiell
@ 2003-06-22 3:53 ` Ray Olszewski
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From: Ray Olszewski @ 2003-06-22 3:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-newbie
At 11:35 PM 6/21/2003 -0400, jude dashiell wrote:
>Unix has a calendar capability. If you have a file called .calendar in
>your home directory on a Unix system, when dates and events come due that
>are listed in that file the system can be so arranged that a user will get
>email reminders about those events. That particular function of Unix most
>definitely present in freebsd has been responsible for saving marriages
>because husbands didn't forget their aniverserary dates among other dates.
>In these other versions of unix, the calendar management can get done
>without having to use emacs or python as an example.
Oh, now I get it. (Your earlier reference to Outlook threw me off.)
Actually, I find I have this very utility ("calendar") on my Linux system,
installed from a Debian package called "bsdmainutils". You might see if
your distro has a similar package.
Yes, remind is another possibility. The Debian package system also lists
"birthday", described as follows:
Description: Display information about pending events on login
Given a list of the dates of various different events, works out and
displays a list of those which will come up in the next couple of
weeks. This was originally designed for birthdays, but can equally be
used for reminders about yearly events, or for a running diary.
So there do seem to be some good options here.
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* Re: linux appears to be missing calendar program
2003-06-22 3:38 ` jude dashiell
@ 2003-06-22 4:02 ` jude dashiell
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From: jude dashiell @ 2003-06-22 4:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ray Olszewski; +Cc: linux-newbie
I found remind on the web at http://www.roaringpenguin.com/remind.html and
it has both an x interface and a text interface.
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* Re: linux appears to be missing calendar program
2003-06-22 2:11 linux appears to be missing calendar program jude dashiell
2003-06-22 2:56 ` Ray Olszewski
@ 2003-06-22 15:58 ` Stephen Samuel
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From: Stephen Samuel @ 2003-06-22 15:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jude dashiell; +Cc: linux-newbie
jude dashiell wrote:
> Is there source for calendar for linux somewhere on the web? I'd hate to
> have it said microsoft outlook can do something useful linux cannot?
>
There are all sorts f
calendar programs available .. ranging from
ical and jpilot to cal.
cal is the simplest, and simply prints out a numeric calendar
fr a given month/year
cal 8 2003 will print out a calender for this august
cal 2004 will print out next year's calender
cal 9 1752 will show the month that they cut 10 day out
of the calendar to get back in sync with the solar year.
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